(Creaform: Levis, QC, Canada) --  Creaform, a world-class company in 3-D technology and engineering services, is proud to announce that the U.S. Navy has chosen to use the company’s Handyscan 3-D technology to scan submarine hulls.

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, will be the first to receive an order of MAXscan scanners, the 2-in-1 photogrammetry laser scanner for large parts developed by Creaform. The other naval shipyards—Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia; Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii; and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington—are assessing the use of the scanners.

The MAXscan 3-D laser scanners will be used to scan submarine hulls covered in a special kind of rubber tiles and detect any damage done to them, so that customized replacement parts can be quickly manufactured.

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